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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19
The Railroad from Jeanereffe
to Abbevil1e.

by one couree Of action, can it be
done by another? Railroads are
sources of wealth and convenience
to communities. In fact no country
can flourish and prosper in these
days Of progress and advancement
without them. 1t is a fact which
has been demonstrated in almost
every instance where a railroad has
been constructed, that il added more
than its cost to the value Of the real
estate of Ike country. Therefore,
as there is an immediate improve
ment that is absolutely necessary to
the future prosperity o. AbbevilIe,
and our parish in general, that is, to
its immediate prosperity, VIC must
have railroad communication with
the outside world, and when tais is
done, we will at once see a different
state of things existing to what we
have ' e experienced heretofore.
Prompt action should be taken by
our citizens ia this matter, and that
at once.
In this connection we are pleased
to note the interest manifested by
our neighboring town, ~Jeanerette,
respecting a railroad from that place
to this. What is most needed for
this section of country just now is
quick transit, the cheapest mode Of
receiving u supplies and shipping
our products to the most desirable
market. Concerning the interest
J~eanerette feels in . railroad from
there to Abbeyille, and the activity
that is being manifested by the peo'
pie Of that town to accomplish the
desired object, the citizens Of that
place have voted themselves Z five
mill tax for ten years to aid in the
construction Of this road. This fully
explains their earnestnesa in this all
important natter, and We hope will
have the tendency to arouse our
citizens to an opportunity lost if not
accepted at once, and one that prom
Uses 80 much for cur future welfare
and place Us in q commercial stand
ing With our ncighboring towns.
Now is is the proper time for oar
citizens to act If they wish to accom-
plish what the MERFDIoaAL has been
:. so earnestly and arduously assisting
them in trying to do, and that is, tc
get Q railroad to Abbeville. Nc
time should be lest in this matter
and we should strike while the iron
is hot. A railroad is what we need
to bring that class OF people among
us that will develop the resources O
this rich aud fertile country, and
, bring into requisition the thousands
OF acres OF fine land that are nov
lying Idle, aud that could be put
into profitable cultivation. A rail
road once established to this place
will enable US easily in getting
:. class Of good and Intelligent farmer'
! to come and dwell in eur midst, ane
make this parish their future home
Immigrants seek the haunts of men
] not Of beasts; and they are natnrall.
t attracted to those sections of oul
country where are found leading
l lines Of travel ard communication
With the world; and these will add
8 to our population and wealth, ant
\ give Us political power. Let US
8 then, BY all means have the railroad
from Jeanerette.
. --- L. - NJ H1--
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
25lh Judicial Distric. Cov
Parrish Of Vermilion.
No. 50.

Succession Of Eugene Byoassard.
To Eugene Broussard, and her i.s..
band Frances Guidrg, Louis frgus.
sard, Enclide Broussari, T,sa.
phas BroEssard, Alice BrouSsard AID
her her husband Alcide c. Brousssrs.
children Of L. Eubertis Broassar.
deceased, Moleus Rroussard ana Ma.
thalie Broussard and her husband
Joseph f. Ffimeaux, children ii
Bite. Broussard deceased OIezIu.a
Rroussard, il. and Antime Bronssars.
children of Dne2ime Broussard, &c,
ceased: Camille f. Broussard and
DIVA Broussard and her husband
kleber Thibodeaux Of said parish.
You, and each of you, are hersb;
cited TO appear before our said court. At
the court house, in the town OF Able.
vile, Louisiana, on Monday tie 1917
day of April 1887, at which time and
place, the undersigned will proceed il
open court, to introduce evidence Is
Trove up and revive, reinstate and n.
establish the evidence Of the probatinr !,
of the will of the late Eugene Brous,
sard. in favor Of the undersigned, the
taking Of the estimative inventory Of
the property in said succession, BY Of
der of court and of the making and
fling Of a tableau Of classification Of
debts and charges and of settlement.
AbbeEil|e, Feby, q, 1887.
ZEOLIvE MAYARD,
Te8tamentary ExecutriI.
Fy her attys. Smedes & White.
Feb. &c, 1887.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19

A special to the New Orleans
P3cys4ae, from J%eanerctte, of the 9Th
instant, says the widest excitement
prevails here over the successful! issue
attained in the election OF the special
tax for ne building Of theJeanerette
and Abbevilie Railroad. onlg ,hiF.
teen votes appearing against 10. The
result is o clear demonstration OF
the determination OF cur people to
have the road. Firing Of cannorf
is being iudS!ged ia and the brass
bands are ont in full uniiGrm in
honor OK the occasion. Immediate
measures will be taken and the road
built ct once.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19

Spencer Williams, colored, was
recently tried in the third justice
court for skinning a dead cow be-
longing to Mr.. Richard Leblanc,
and, being found guilty OF the charge,
and failing to give bail, was sent to
Jail to await the next term of cur
district court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19

The Knights of Honor, Iberia
Lodge No. 3l55, will celebrate its
second anniversary by a splendid
supper next Monday, the 2lst.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19

A $4,000 fire took place in New
Orleans on the night Of the 18th,
on Decatur street. The losses
sustained are covered By insurance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19

We cannot help to note, however
tina; the AbbeviIle population has
not shown much enthusiasm. or
moved very theoretically in the mat
ter CT building the road from Jean:
erette to that place. However, We
wish all success to the enterprisine
citizens Of cur live sister town.
Louisiana Farmer.
The people of Abbevil'e are do
ing their work very quietly and in q
satisfactory manner, without much
hustle or noise, and when necessary
will be on time for all and ever,
emergency.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-19
NOTICE.

Ihaye settled with Mr.. +. r. Feray. con-
tractor of my building. Any IL having
claims against the same must present them
within ten days.
JACOB IsAACs.
Abbeville. Feb. 10, 1887.
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THE LITTLE PEOPLE.

She is about years Old and she is in Etl-
rope with her mother. He had aired some
French before her. Papa" she said, you
are very nice, but you do speak such bad
French!-San Francisco Chronicle.
Bobby was inspecting the new baby for the
first time and his dictum was as follows 81
spose it's nice enough what there was of it,"
he said, without enthusiasm, but I'm sorry
it amt parrot. n-Springfeld Republican.
One day little Emma's mother reproved her
quite sharply for not changing her shoes.
After a moments reflection Emma said: ~
wish you would be real dood to me, mamma.
fink you would like it after you got used to
it.n-Detrot Free Press.
"You were nice, quiet little boy in Sun
day school this morning. Bobby said the
minister u was very much pleased with
you" YES" replied Bobby, pa said that
if I'd behave myself in Sunday school 1
needn't go to church. diminishing Trade
Review
A little 4-year-old girl had her first dream
and was expatiating upon the new found ex-
perience and telling it out, when her mother
said: Jennie, tell mamma your dreamg'
go! pshaw, mamma, you were lying right by
me and you ought to know."-Louisville
Democrat.
A little boy at a village school had written
the word psalm in his copybook and acct
IDENTIFY blotted out the initial ''p' with his
sleeve. His little sister sitting at his side
burst into tears over the disaster but the
spelling reformer defiantly exclaimed: "What
if | did leave him outl He didn't spell moth
ing, and what was the good of himf'-Pres-
byterian Journal
The small girl had a request to prefer TO
her mother She wanted to be permitted to
go to the grocery for something that was
needed. She was only / Her mother said:
"WeIl, you can go. But mind you must not
stop on the street and talk to the boys.n
Mamma she said, drawing herself up to
her full height, mamma, you insult me!"-
San Francisco Chronicle.
A little 3-year-old girl was in front of the
camera the other day. The photographer
had posed her to his mind told her what to
look at and stepped back to make the exposure
The little chick evidently concluded the pre-
hminaries We're satisfactory, for she electri-
fed the photographer with the cheerful
advice to "Let her so, Gallagher" The
photographing was deferred till the merri-
ment subdued.-Providence Journal
We heard the other day of a young minis
ter who was taken down" very handsomely
by bright little girl. He had been called
upon quite Unexpectedly to address a Sunday
school, and to give himself time to collect his
thoughts, he asked a question: "Children,"
said he, what shall l speak aboutl' a little
girl on the front seat who had herself COM
mitted to memory several declamations, held
up her hand, aud in a shrill voice asked
"What do you knowT-Baptist Weekly.
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SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.

Prospects for the New Orleans winter turf
meeting are good 1t begins Nov. 5.
Clingstone is so smart that Mr. Gordon
wants to trot him against Jay -Eye-See or any
other animal. The Racine horse can be
secured probably, provided some one other
than his owner puts up the stake
William Beckwith and James Finney are
matched to swim six days, ten hours daily,
for the long distance championship of the
world and $1,000, at the Lambeth Baths.
London, England, commencing Oct. 81.
A fight for 81 900 a side and purse of
$500 is being arranged between Toff Wall,
middle weight champion of England, and
George La Blanche, the Marine, to occur
near Boston the latter part of November
II Wall has not been overestimated by the
English sporting press the Marine has a big
contract on hand.
There will be a number of new race tracks
next year, if certain plans now under con-
alteration are carried out. The proposal is
made to have a circuit in New York state,
comprising Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Rochester,
Utica, Albany, and a track in Massachusetts,
located at Worcester. The last named city
would be fine location for a race track
The city is just midway between Boston and
Springfield, and within an hours ride of each
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy of swifts Specific as a
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dis
eases, has never had more conspicuous illustration
than this case affords The candid. unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted as convincing and conclusive
The writer is prominent citizen of Mississippi The
gentleman TO whom Mr.. Martin refers, and to whom
he Is Indebted for the advice to which he owes his
final relief from years of suffering is Mr. King for
many years the popular night clerk of the Lawrence
House, at Jackson
JACKSON Miss. April 90 1857.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta Ca:
Gchtiemet-l have been an invalid pensioner for
forty years. having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases In the Mexican War. but not till the LIST OF
March, ISIS. did feel any symptoms OF rheumatism
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
ease in both hips and ankles. For twenty days 1
walked on cruches. Then the pain was less violent
but Il shifted from Joint to joint. For weeks would
the other The pain never left me moment for
eleven years and seven months,that is from March
when was cured. During these eleven years OF in
from various physicians and tried everything sug.
gested by friends, but II ever received the least
ternally, am not aware of 1t. Finally. about the
nrst OF septemosr made arrangements to go to the
other remedy, when accidentally met an old ac-
quatntance, Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence House
Of this city He had once been great sufferer from
rheumatism, and. as | supposed, had been cured
by a visit to Hot Springs. But when met him he
told me that his visit 10 the Hot Springs vain
he found no relief On his return from Hot Springs
he heard for the first time of the s S. s. remedy
for rheumatism. He tried It and six bottles made
complete cure Several years have passed SINCE but
he has had no return OF the disease.
immediately returned 70 try It. In September
well-as far as the rheumatism concerned. All
pain had disappeared, and HAVE NOT FELT A rwrNaK
OF 1T SINCE.
have no interest IN making this statement other
than the hope that IL may direct other sufferer
10 sure source of relief and If it has this result
am well rewarded for my trouble. / am very
spectfully and truly your friend.
J. NJ. ii. MARTIN.
For sale by all druggists Treatise Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer s, Atlanta, Ga.
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PERSONAL.

Edison, the electrician, is to build a winter
home in Butte county, Cal.
Brooklyn is to have a statue of Henry
Ward Beecher in small park near Plymouth
church
Ex-senator Ferry, of Michigan, is thinking
of going to live in Utah, where he owns e1-
tensive mines
Henry ". Grady has received tempting
offers from managers to lecture in the north
upon ''The New South
George Bancroft, the historian, though in
his S7th year, and in spite OF his recent acct
dent, is still devoted horseman.
William Southmay is the oldest elector in
Connecticut. He is IS years old and has
voted at every election since 1911.
King Kalakaua has invited the yachtsnlen
of San Francisco to come and help him cele-
brate his 50th birthday on Nov. 16.
Bret Harte makes his home in London at
the house of the Belgian minister. Were it
not for his snow white hair he would still
look like a young man
Mr.. Phelps, the American minister at Lon
don, has gone to Scotland to visit the
Marquis of Tweedale He will afterward be
the guest of Sir John Rose.
Mr.. Ruskin has no great admiration for his
own face. In letter which is to appear in
Preterita, addressed to Miss Susan Beever,
he says: II would give up half my books for
new profile"
Hidemarbo Namboo, of Japan, was gradu-
ated at Princeton in 1878. He is now court
astronomer at Toxic. When he accepted the
court appointment his name was changed to
Hidemaro Okenna
Prince Eugene, youngest son of the king of
Sweden, is now 20 years old. He is the artist
of the royal Swedish family, and has studied
painting in Paris under the guidance Of
famous French masters.
Sir Robert Ball, the Irish astronomer, is
on tour of America. He thinks the Cana
dian skies far superior to Old World ones for
observation purposes He may tarry some
months in the Rocky Mountain system.
Whitelaw Reid, editor of The New York
Tribune, has changed much in personal ap-
pearance. Since his severe illness he has
grown somewhat stouter, looks younger and
now wears side whiskers as well as a mus
tache
E. j. Phelps, United States minister to
England, while visiting Lord Tweedmouth at
Guisachan, Inverness-shire, recently, shot a
splendid stag in the neighboring deer forest
The head was the best that has been secured
this season in the Strathglass district.
Mrs Mmkacsy writes denying that her
husband, the artist, is in straitened circum-
stances She says: 'What | always adj
mired particularly in my husband was his
ability to live within his means; even in the
days of his trials he never spent more than
his income"
The young Due D'Orleans, son Of the
Comte de Paris, will arrive at San Francisco
in the spring and make tour through the
United States. The duke is not IS years of
age, and almost abnormally fat. His profile
and puffy cheeks greatly resemble portraits
of Louis XVI
William Russell Sever, the Oldest gradu-
ate of Harvard college alive at last COM
mencement, has just passed away. He wa.
in his 9th year and bachelor So far as is
known there is now no Harvard graduate
living beyond the class of 1917, Mr.. George
Bancroft class, six years later than that of
Mr. Sever.
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MEN OF THE PAST.

Bulwer Lytton was a successful author
at Is
Chopin was the most romantic of piano
forte writers.
Canova died in 1872, having the reputation
of being the greatest sculptor of his age,
Amarath was the founder of the power
of Turks, and reigned from 1857 till killed in
1890
Richard Steele, the popular dramatist es-
sayist and editor, was one of tho wittiest and
most popular men of his day.
Beujania West was born in Pennsylvania,
poor farmers boy. He succeeded Sir Joshua
Reynolds as president of the ROYAL academy
in i,g2
jean Paul Richter's first efforts as a
wr.5er We're failures; but he possessed genius
and the great element of success-namely,
patience.
When Giardini was asked how long it
would take to learn the violin, he answered,
''Tweive hours "a day for twenty years to-
gether. My motto is, Thorough"
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HERE AND THERE.

The house in which DR.. Samuel johnson
was born, at Litchfield, England, will be
sold on Oct &c.
4 Berlin company offers electricity for
boiling water, and other heating purposes,
as well as for lighting
The distance from Queenstown to New
York is :, S4S miles, as sailed by the Umbria
on her recent quick passage.
The Argentine Republic is soon to have a
weather bureau equipped with forty-fve Oh
servatories in different parts of the country.
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KENNEBEC COUNTT-In Probate Court, at
augusta, the second Monday of October,
1887.
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to be the
~ last will and testament of David Dunn,
late of Augusta, in said county, deceased, having
been presented for probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the second Monday Of
November next, In the Kennebec Journal, q news
paper printed In Augusta that all persons interested
may attend at Q Court of Probate then to be holden
at Augusta, and show cause, If any, why the said
instrument should not be proved, approved and
allowed, the last viii and testament Of the said
deceased.
HIS. WEBSTER, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OwKS, Register. wsw42s
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Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co.,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story the
truth of which is vouched for by the residents
of the town: Il am 10 years old, have been
troubled with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years; could not dress myself with
out help. Now am free from all pain and
soreness, and am able to do all my own
homework. l owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth, and re-
moved completely all disease and pain" Try
bottle, only soc. at Devine & Coughln's
Drug Store.
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FIrs.-All fits stopped tree by DR.. Kline
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after FIRE
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise ar.
300 trial bottle free to fit eases. Send te
DR.. Kline. 931 Arch ST., PhiladelphiA, Pa,
ian27eod&wlv
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A Remarkable Dog.

There is a dog in Louisville that chews
gum. Its conduct is all the more remarkable
from the fact that it never went to Vassar
college-Norristown Herald
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Messengers Notice.
By publication.
OFFICE OF THE
SHERIFF OF KENNEBEC COUNTY.
STATE OF MAINE.

STATE Of MAINE.
KENNEBEC S., October 10, A. d. 1887.
YTNHIS is to give notice, that on the 22d day of
l. September, A. d. 1887 a warrant in Insolvency
was issued out of the Court of Insolvency for said
County of Kennebec, against the estate OF
said Cyrus Southland, adjudged to be an
Insolvent Debtor on petition of said Debtor which
petition was filed on the I'D day OF September
A. d. 1887, to which date interest on claims
is to be computed; that the payment OF any debts TO
or by said Debtor and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by him are forbidden by law; that a meet
ing OF the creditors of said deb prove their debt
and choose one more assignee OF his estate will
be held at Court Of Insolvency, to be holden at
Probate Office, in Augusta, on Monday the a.th
day Of October, A. d. at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date Erss above written
G. X. McFADDEN, sheriff,
As Messenger of the Court of Insolvency for said
County of kennebec. w2w.i
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4n:'2 HoEEY is Ike best Cous: Cmc, - 81, S
0LE.N'S SuLpEUR soap hca!s and beauties, Is,
GERMAN C0aN REMOVER kills Cogns x Eusioas. p
RiLL'S HAIR & WHISPER uYE-Dllci. 9, Brown, 81,
PIXE'S TC0THECEE DROPS cure IL Minute, %,
BEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS are a surc cure, 50,
Ian27+p0dSy "
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BOrn So.

Barber to customer)-You are quite bald,
sir.
Customer who isn't conversatonally in
clinedl-Yes, l was born that way-Epoch.
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE

Pursuant to decree from the Supreme Judicial
Court IN equity, shall sell at public auction If moi
Octocer A. d., 1857, at two O'Clock In the afternoon
at me once OF II. NJ Heath, in Augusta, Maine ali
tne fighl, ute and interest which Anthony &
Goom6s late OF Windsor. Maine, deceased, and Jas'
r. Meivin, late OF said Windsor. deceased, had AZ
60 partners under the firm name of Coombs 4 Melvin
10 ana 10 the following described real estate, viz
The Store and Lot occupied by sajd firm ~ Ia ~
lh9sor at the death sof said Coombs and of said
PETER DUNTON
Dated Oct. 3, 1887. oct tietr.,
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DR.. A. Trau, Philadelphia, says: SIT pro-
notes digestion, and improves general nutri-
ton Of the nervous system"
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"Hsving examined the formula from which
Adamson's Botanic Balsam is prepared, we
recommend it as a safe and reliable medicine
for the cure of asthma, coughs, colds and all
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs.
"GEo. w. MARTIN, M. d.
II. II. STEARNs, NJ. D.,
Formerly Surgeon N. M. Asylum, Togus,
Me-"
oct17d&wlw
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KENNEBEC COUNTY.-Ia PROBATE Court held
at augusta on the fourth Monday Of lSepfeBa.
Der, 1887:
NHAS. b RUNNELS, Adm illustrator on the estate
~ of GeoW. Runnels. late OF Albion, in said county
deceased having presented his first account OF al
ministration for allowance: E-T =. -
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior TO the fourth Monday OF Oc
tober next, in the kennebec journal, newspaper
printed in Augusta, that all persons interested may
attend at a Probate Court then to be held Al An
gusta and show cause, If any, why the same sbould
not be allowed.
Fl. g. WEBSTER, Judge.
Attest Howard OWEN. Register. w3w40s
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NCN,A trife with any Throat or
oONN Lung Disease If you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Croupor Whooping Cough,
use Ackers English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and SOC
J. M. Mixer, 1874 Water street. druggist.
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An Epigram.

Silence is golden" said the sage.
But that was long ago;
The motto Of the present age
Il, money talks, you know.
Boston CouriGR.